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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I'm not following this thread logic. It simply states how a throttle sensor functions. Modern cars have throttle by wire too, not just a position sensor. The throttle is controlled via a motor.
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1) I was 'attacked' for using 'rheostat' in the same sentence as 'potentiometer.'
The information provided was to illustrate the state-of-the art for Toyota electronic engine management, as of 1994; which I'm operating.
2) The second point had to do with the implication for 'constant torque' within the context of an electronic engine management system, robbed of its vision. The cautionary tale, elaborated on in Sovran's SAE Paper on constant-throttle testing.